As the eldest granddaughter of the chief minister of the dynasty, Zhang Yining has a status as noble as a royal princess. There are even rumors that whoever marries a daughter of the Zhang family will get the throne.
At the age of 18, the eldest prince Gu Yuanqing proposed to marry him. He was the eldest son of the middle palace and had a reputation as a virtuous man. He was the undoubted candidate for the crown prince. He also had a childhood sweetheart with Zhang Yining.
Everyone said that this was a God-given marriage, and Zhang Yining thought so too, and happily married her.
I thought that life would go smoothly until the emperor passed away and Gu Yuanqing succeeded to the throne. What Zhang Yining was waiting for was not an imperial edict for the title of empress, but a book of confession listing his grandfather's "ten sins" and a glass of poisonous wine.
It turns out that Gu Yuanqing has a true love who has been living outside the palace, and marrying her is just to use the power of the Zhang family to secure the throne.
Now that my grandfather is old and the Zhang family has no use value, he can naturally get rid of her as a matter of course to make room for his sweetheart.
When he opened his eyes again, Zhang Yining was sitting on the carriage entering the palace. At that time, his grandfather had just finished attending Ding You and the whole family was having a banquet.
At the banquet, Gu Yuanqing asked for marriage with a smile, just like in his previous life.
Recalling her life of making wedding dresses for others, Zhang Yining stood up and looked past him, landing on the most inconspicuous corner of the banquet.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I already have someone I like, so I cannot agree to the eldest prince."
The whole house was in an uproar.
Everyone followed her gaze, and in the corner, King Qin Gu Jingyao was twirling his wine glass boredly. Hearing the words, he raised his eyes, half-smiling but not smiling.
The King of Qin was the late emperor's youngest son, and the Empress Dowager's darling was worthless except for his face.
Rather than being a good future queen, you want to be an idle princess? Everyone in the capital was waiting to see Zhang Yining's joke.
But they waited and waited until Zhang Yining, wearing a phoenix crown and harem, appeared at the conferment ceremony.
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At first, when Zhang Yining used Gu Jingyao as an excuse at the banquet, she saw that he was not a womanizer and knew that he would definitely reject her before speaking.
Unexpectedly, Gu Jingyao acted contrary to common sense. Not only did he not refute, but he followed her words and said, "Brother Chen and Miss Zhang are in love, and I beg the emperor to make it happen."
Zhang Yining: "...???"
She turned her head stiffly and looked into those smiling peach blossom eyes. There was only one thought in her mind, the world was crazy.
Intention: Destiny must be in one's own hands